Series 67/4 August, 1967 WOOLWORTHS 503,448 BUYS 6 FOYS daily sales SHOPS By DAVID JEFFERSON, of Herald Finance Woolworths Ltd., the big chain store retailer nd supermarket operator, has bought the city store f Foy & Gibson Ltd. in Bourke St. It has bought our other Foys shops in Melbourne suburbs — and neat Ballarat. The sale marks the virtual end of The new boss ictorian section of the retail RP The l°°111 begun by the chairman of Cox retailer FylTas it Frank Richardson. AL burban Foys shops bought 6Y TaE r•nt b.,a17 - rths are at Prahran, Col- It Ac ?" OUR NEW adstone and Northland. acelos,., to 4.,0114 t shop is Morsheads shares are owned by or4V..1 up which made the still owns Georges "TOYS" GROUP number of mu- te interests. today by the What s. IAustralia) e chairman to trade as "BIG W' hs Ltd., the papers the INCE announcing the purchase of six Cox Bros. stores S in Victoria (June, 1967 issue), another two have been said . added to'the list. They are "Cox Bros.-Economic Stores" in " CORES of newspapers all Hay Street, Perth, W.A., and "Cox Bros.-Foys" store in Mt. over Australia (and even Gambier, S.A. In all cases, Woolworths ownership and overseas) reported the event. management commenced 1st August. We publish a few extracts: The large, air-conditioned along "new look" lines, in- "The zooming retailer. Perth store occupies an ad- cluding a cafeteria. It will It hardly needed yesterday's vantageous corner position supplement facilities of the deal with the receiver of Cox Bros. to drive home the point in the heart of city, and Company's existing Hay that Woolworths is the most consists of a basement, Street variety store, which extraordinary phenomenon in ground and four upper has become inadequate to Australian retailing. floors all serviced by escala- meet the city's expanding " . the buying public can be grateful. Australian retailing tors and elevators. trading opportunities. generally has never been more The store will continue The Mt. Gambier (S.A.) competitive and managerially trading in its present form as store will trade directly as alive than it is now, and Wool- "Economic-BIG W," and in "BIG W;" the Victorian worths has been one of the pacemakers." 1968 will be progressively stores as indicated below The Sydney Morning Herald, altered and modernised each photograph. 1st June, 1967. "Boost for Bourke Street. Apart from increased com- petition which Coles will now * FOYS-BIG W—Bourke and Swanston Sts., Melbourne. encounter, Bourke Street traders seem to welcome the move. They hope that Woolworths, with their penchant for aggres- sive merchandising, will add strength and life to trading in the street." Australian Financial Review, 1st June, 1967. (Excerpts from an interview with Mr. John Holdsworth, President of Prahran Chamber * FOYS-BIG W—in modern CHADSTONE shopping centre, Melbourne. of Commerce, Melbourne): "Taken from any viewpoint, it seemed that the move would be a good thing for Prahan shopping area, he said. We have every reason to expect that an organisation with the reputation and marketing know-how such as Woolworths enjoy could only improve the situation and the centre gen- erally, Mr. Holdsworth con- cluded." * FOYS - BIG W— Collingwood, Melbourne. Inset: FOYS-BIG W—Prahran. Southern Cross, 7th June, 1967. * BIG W (formerly Momileods)—Ballarat, Vic. * BIG W—Mt. Gambier, S.A. * ECONOMIC-BIG W— Perth, W.A. * FOYS-BIG W—in modern NORTHLAND shopping centre, Melbourne. WHO'S WHO at our NEW Mr. John Watt, Managing Mr. John Thomas joined Mr. Allen Houghton be- Director Foys 1959-1965. at Foys Melbourne city store gan at Foys as junior clerk "FOYS-BIG W" Joined Woolworths May, as a salesman in 1931, be- in 1933. Became Office 1967. Now responsible for came Merchandising Man- Manager in 1946, Head co-ordination and merger of ager in 1949, Merchandis- Office Accountant in 1949. the new acquisition. ing Director in 1951. Man- Same year saw his appoint- DIVISION . aging Director since 1965. ment as Company Secretary. Director since 1955, Joint Managing Director since 1965. WHO'S WHO AT FOYS—BIG W.W .. WHO'S WHO AT FOYS—BIG W Mr. Arthur Garvey joined Mr. Leslie Dunn joined Cox Bros., Perth, as collec- Foys city store (Melbourne) tion clerk in 1929, became in 1955 as Manchester Con- Mr. John Merrillees, Mr. Raymond Crow com- Mr. Alan Durham was Collection Manager in 1932. troller, became Merchandis- formerly Merchandise Man- menced at Foys in 1939 as appointed Footwear Con- In 1938 appointed Account- ing Manager (country ager and Director Foys. a salesman. Buyer from troller, city store, in 1947. ant, 1945 Deputy Manager, stores) in 1961. Managing Joined Woolworths May, 1947 to 1949. Controller Manager Fitzroy (Mel- 1955 Manager. Manager of Director Morsheads (Balla- 1967. Now Merchandise Men's Store in 1958. Dir- bourne) store 1951 to 1953, Cox-Economic Stores rat) in 1964. Manager FOYS-BIG W. ector since 1965. then Merchandise Control- (Perth) since 1957. ler city. Manager Prahran 1954-1957. Resumed 1961 as Manager Chadstone. WHO'S WHO AT FOYS—BIG W . WHO'S WHO AT FOYS—BIG W . WHO'S WHO AT Manager Northland (Mel- bourne) since 1966. 4 Mr. Noel Wearne joined Miss Thelma Percy, form- Mr. Stanley Elliott com- Mr. William George com- Mr. Laurie Marshall Foys city store in 1959 as erly Sportswear Buyer and menced at Cox Bros. Adel- menced as a salesman at started as a window dresser Department Manager Hard- Fashion Floor Controller. aide (S.A.) as trainee coun- Foys city store in 1938; in at Foys city store in 1928, ware Group. Manager Chad- Joined Woolworths May, try branch manager in July, charge Merchandise Control became Display Manager in stone (Melbourne) store 1967. Now Fashion Con- 1936. In August, 1936, ap- —1948; became Manager 1929, Manager Wools De- since 1966. troller FOYS-BIG W. pointed Manager Mt. Gam- Collingwood docket office partment in 1938, Assistant bier (S.A.) store and has in 1950. Manager Prahran Manager Collingwood store al1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 held this position ever since. (Melbourne) store since in 1958. Manager Coiling- Mr. Elliott is also the Mayor 1966. wood (Melbourne) store F--= Now a total of 14 BIG W of Mt. Gambier. since 1960. family department stores LI THE eight recently acquired Cox Bros. stores are -l- now unified under the BIG W banner! = - Chairman and Managing Director Sir Theo Kelly -1- said the move would simplify the BIG W buying organisation and strengthen its merchandising ability, E E with consequent benefits to the shopping public in all E States. —= Six BIG W stores have opened in N.S.W. since= - October, 1964. A further BIG W is under construc- E tion at Woolworths Gold Coast Centre, Queensland, E for late 1968 opening. .;1111111111111i1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111m1111111111111110 * Another view of FOYS-BIG W, Chadstone, Melbourne. Page 2 Memorable Farewell to Mr. C. k Hart "HE endeared himself to every C. R. Hart by the Directors at the ' Woolworths man and woman Company's Head Office on 5th July. with whom he came in contact Director Mr. Cedric Hart retired through his well-nigh 40 years of from executive management on service . by his thoughtfulness, that date (see June issue of by his sincerity." "Woolies News"). Mr. Hart was presented with a The paragraph quoted was set of travel luggage, and an orig- taken from the dedication on the inal Australian landscape paint- cover of a souvenir booklet. The ing by Alan Grieve. Mr. S. E. Chat- booklet was distributed to guests terton, Director and co-founder, at the farewell dinner given to Mr. made the presentation. Interstate and New Zea- land guests at the function included Victorian Director Mr. Frank Jennings; New * Chairman and Managing Director Sir Theo Kelly proposes a toast to Mr. C. R. Hart. Zealand Manager Mr. Noel Laurenson; State Managers Messrs. Terry Dwyer (Old.), Jack Wright (Vic./Tas.), Roy Liddell (W.A.), and Jack Merrillees (S.A.); Ac- countants Messrs. Geof Broad (N.Z.), Don Leggett (Old.), Don Miller (Vic./ * Time for a friendly chat( Mr. C. R. Hart and Sir Theo Kelly with Mr. Jim Fleming Divisional Manager Flemings Fabulous Tas.), and Tom Burgin Food Stores (N.S.W.). (S.A.); and New Zealand Personnel Manager Mr. Vin Beadle. * Mr. C. R. Hart receives souvenir booklet from charming * N.Z. Personnel Manager Mr. Vin Beadle The Directors and guests H. 0. hostess-receptionist Pam Dilworth. (right) hears what happened to Kiwi foot- ballers from H. 0. Associate Merchandise paid a wholehearted tribute Manager variety Mr. Eddie Robinson. to Mr. Hart—for his dili- gence, skill and devotion manifested during nearly forty years of service. Because (quoting the concluding words of the dedication) : " . Cedric Hart proved something more . that it's possible for a top executive of big business to be gentle ... to achieve quiet strength through gentility . and * Company Director and co-founder Mr. * Birds of a feather( Chief Accountant Mr. Stan * N.Z. Manager Mr. Noel Laurenson (retiring later this year) to be widely respected for Stan Chatterton is seen here with Sir Gray greets N.Z. Accountant Mr. Geof Broad. and N.S.W. Divisional Manager Food Fairs Mr. John Hendry it!" Theo Kelly. (N.Z. Manager-elect) have a lot in common! C. R. H. 'Mr. Doughty, Hart speaking, Woolworths.' M.D.'s J. D. 'Hart. Where from? 100% DECIMAL! Flemings What department?' NEW POST! THE last of 9000 cash was in the capable hands of Tribute to C. R. H. 'Secretary and ac- SIR THEO KELLY, registers in use in the Mr. Bob Knox (now N.S.W.